We are meddlesome parents. In my thoughtful moments, I realize I just need to back off and let them figure stuff out, but then I meddle. Caleb had a big presentation coming up about Theseus and the minotaur. He assured us he had it down. Yet we forced him to read the lines. We read the lines to him. We had him repeat them to us. He was not pleased this. "I've got this, sheez."
But then when asked to repeat the lines, he only kind of did it. So we worried but ultimately backed off.
Then he delivered. Oh, did he deliver. He didn't want to repeat the lines, because he had something better in his head. He delivered a seven-minute, one-man play from memory, with asides about how Theseus loved his ninja moves. It was creative and great. And hopefully I learned my lesson. We'll see about that.
Madeline presented her report on whether homework really helps. It does, she regretfully informed her listeners.
And Martha's adventures:
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| Wurtzburg Cathedral |
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| The Residenz in Wurtzburg |
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| Silly time in Rothenburg ob der Tauber |
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| More Rothenburg |
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| And more Rothenburg |
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